Some things just don't make sense.

There are handicap parking places at skating rinks.

People order double quarter pounder cheeseburgers, large fries and DIET cokes.

Hot dogs come in packs of 10. Buns come in packs of 8.

The Hundred Years' War lasted 116 years.

Russians celebrate their October Revolution in November.

Peruvian Balsam comes from El Salvador.

Catgut is obtained from sheep.

Chinese gooseberries come from New Zealand

Louis the XVIII was the last Louis in a long line of Louis' that sat on the throne of France. However, the Louis before him was Louis the XVI.

King George the VI's first name was Albert.

Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream takes place in the springtime.

The United States has 13 law enforcement and defense agencies, that I can count: The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Secret Service, Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Marshall Office, State Police, county and regional authorities (e.g., sheriff offices), city/municipal police. Australia has 1.

Barrack Obama has been campaigning for the U.S. presidency in Europe.

The word nigger (AKA the "N" word) is politically incorrect and maliciously racist unless used by a black male in a rap song, then it's simply cool.

Of all the people who are discriminated against, you don't hear much from "little people" (commonly, albeit incorrectly referred to as midgets and dwarfs). Hence they are my favorite minority.

People can now send email from their cell phone to another cell phone.